Improvement in awning-fastenings



W. H. MACY. Awning Fastening.

Patented Dec. 10, 1878 ig/mm /LM-WZXJ/ NAFETEHS. FHOTO-UTHOGRAPMER.WASHINGTON, D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM H. MAOY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,ASSIGNOR TO JOHN BOYLE, OF

SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN AWNlNG-FASTENINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 210,699, dated December10, 1878; application filed May 29, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM H. MAOY, oi the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Awnin g-Fastenings, of which the following is a specification:

The customary mode of attaching awnings to window-frames is by sewinground rings to the margin of the awning, and passing screws through therings and into the frame, said screws being formed with eyessufficiently large to retain the ring, and thus fasten the awning, sothat the screw-eyes must be removed from the frame before the awning canbe taken down.

When the rings are attached to hooks fixed in the frame, it isimpossible to obtain-a close and neat lit, or to draw the awning tightlyagainst the window-frame, so as to completely exclude the sun.

The object of my invention is to provide an awning-fastening which willpermit the ready application and removal of the awning, and will clampit tightly and securely to the window-frame when in position.

To this end I dispense with the aforesaid round eyes or rings, andemploy instead elongated or elliptic eyes, which I pass over the headsof screw-eyes without removing the latter from the frame, and by turningthe said screw-eyes onequarter around, the elliptic eyes are clampedtightly to the frame, and the awn ing is thus secured.

In order that my invention may be more clearly understood, I willproceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawing, inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of an awning andwindow-frame with my invention applied. Fig. 2 is a perspective view ofthe attachments, showing their position when the awning is removed.

A represents a portion of the awning, and B a part of a window-frame towhich it is applied. O O are screw-eyes of common form, screwed into thewindow-frame. D D are eyes of elliptical form sewed to the margin of theawning lengthwise or parallel to the edge.

WVhen the screw-eyes O O are turned in longitudinal position, or inline, as shown in Fig. 2, the elliptical awning-eyes D D may be slippedfreely on or off them. The eyes D D being thus slipped over thescrew-eyes G O, the latter are turned one-quarter around to thetransverse position shown in Fig. 1, thus securing the eyes D D andclamping the margin of the awning tightly to the frame.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the elongated or elliptical eyesD D, secured inlongitudinal position to the margin of the awning, and the screweyes OO, for securing the same, in the manner described.

XV. H. MAOY.

Witnesses:

JAMES H. AYMAR, G. OConnon.

